Qualifying races - Regulations

A qualifying race is a race which allows, according to its difficulty, the acquisition of between 1 and 4 qualification points.

Only trail races can be qualifying races. For the definition of a trail race: click here.

Road races, triathlons, multi-sport races and orienteering races are not subjects of qualifying races for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®.

The evaluation of the races, and therefore the distribution of points, is from now on managed by the ITRA (International Trail Running Association). The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®, on the basis of the number of points attributed by the ITRA, however are alone in judging whether a race presents all the criteria to be a qualifying race, to register it on the list and to award the organiser with the corresponding logo.

Number of points necessary for the 2016 registration

Each race on the list of qualifying races for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® is attributed 1, 2, 3 or 4 points.

To register for the 2016 UTMB®, it is necessary to acquire a minimum of 9 points by having finished, between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2015 exclusively (*), some of the races on this list. The 9 points must be acquired from a maximum of 3 races.

To register for the 2016 CCC®, it is necessary to acquire a minimum of 3 points by having finished, between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2015 exclusively (*), 1 or 2 races from this list.

To register for the 2016 TDS®, it is necessary to acquire a minimum of 3 points by having finished, between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2015 exclusively (*),1 or 2 races from this list.

To register for the 2016 OCC, it is necessary to acquire a minimum of 1 point by having finished, between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2015 exclusively (*),1 race from this list.

(*) 2013 finishers of the UTMB®, CCC® and TDS®, may equally use these races as qualifying races.

If you have abandoned during a race, there is no way that this race can be taken in to account.

It will not be possible to register for the 2016 UTMB®, CCC® or TDS® by making reference to a race not included in this list.

The only qualifying list, available for consultation is on our web-site, is valid. The Organisation is not responsible for inaccurate, obsolete or untruthful information supplied by people foreign to the Organisation.

The Organisation equally is not responsible in the case of the absence of a race in the list of qualifying races. It is up to each organiser, who so wishes, to request accreditation as a qualifying race for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®. Runners who would like a race to be a qualifying race for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® must make the request with the organisers of that race.

Controlling qualifying races

All the qualifying races used by runners to finalise their registration are verified, against the official race results.The Organisation takes in to account each individual’s result (relay or team event included).

The runner must be sure that they appear in the official results for the stated race, and that their first and surnames have the correct spelling.

In the case of an inexact declaration of qualifying races, not conforming to the regulations or untrue, the organisation reserves the right to cancel the registration without refunding fees paid and to remove their advantage for the following year (co-efficient 2 or priority) in the case of a negative draw.

Our engagement as organiser is to apply this regulation in a rigorous and identical manner for, without exception, ALL runners and therefore we do not accept any requests for exceptions to this rule.